#sometimes savory foods are .... very meh

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this dinner was sn absolute flop :(

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Fave ships: -side-eyes blog- I MIGHT be so into the Shadow Broker/Tazzik that I don't even remember what else I might have once shipped in Mass Effect...... Oh, my favorite Shepard ship is mShep/Kaidan! (it's the slow burn ;_;) In the Dark Crystal fandom I'm open to a billion pairings but skekShod/skekZok is the one that stole my brain for like six months. In Star Wars I mainly ship Khem Val/my sith inquisitor... (or any inq really) Then there's my little sunshine Sims 2 alien and the grouchy twi'lek dude she married...... Noo, I have to ignore OCs, we'll be here forever D:

Favorite color: Black and purple

Song stuck in my head: head empty

Favorite food: Pasta..... Any kind of pasta. Also broccoli! And cheesecake. Lately I've been putting grape slices in my sandwiches and now I don't want to make them any other way.

Last song listened to: Thanks for reminding me I never remembered to put my playlist on today lmaoooo. No wonder I've been a bit meh. Apparently the song last played was Taiyo ni Korosareta by Buck-Tick!

Last tv show/movie: I don't watch tv very much, but I did watch the most recent pro sumo tournament and maaan it was a rollercoaster. Some of my favorite wrestlers got injured and I'm a little bit devastated. D: If sports don't count then the latest thing I watched was the Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 5 which was super good!! Love watching talented artists and the monsters they create.

Spicy/sweet/savory?: savory > sweet > spicy. Spicy things are fun in small doses but they make my nose run :< (and also i am baby)

Currently reading: I'm slooowly reading the Dark Crystal novelization! I'm very familiar with the movie of course but never read the book version before. It's very calming and immersive, so it's my bedtime anti-anxiety book at the moment.

Last thing I googled: "savory meaning" LEAVE ME ALONE the word was in my vocabulary but sometimes i don't trust myself... i had to make sure........

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[random2908]

Oh, I think it depends on context!

I think just eaten like plain, with a little salt, the best nut is cashews. But cashews don't go with much--not even chocolate really. (Although I've had some good cashew stir-fries, so maybe it's that, because they're a relatively sweeter nut, they need to go in a savory dish.)

Pistachios, now, they're a bit more versatile. They're also very good plain (again with a little salt, don't be barbaric), but they can ALSO make significant contributions to desserts. Like baklava, or I had a pistachio cookie once that was really good.

Almonds are ok eaten plain, but kinda boring. But, in their blandness, they go with literally everything. If you need a nut flavor or texture, you can't go wrong with almonds; and sometimes you can get a pleasant, distinctive almond-flavor from them, like in those almond cookies that they sometimes give you after your meal at Chinese restaurants. (Also, unpopular opinion but I actually like marzipan, especially with dark chocolate.)

Peanuts are the same deal as almonds, in that they're ok for eating plain but they go with everything. Except the thing about peanuts is they're so strongly flavored that they usually end up as the star of the dish--it's just that they have a flavor that harmonizes well with so many other flavors. Peanut butter cups, peanut butter cookies, gado gado, kung pow, peanut stew, you can put peanuts in just about any kind of food, just as long as you want it to taste like peanuts. So in that respect, peanuts are great when you're in the mood for them, and not when you aren't. Also, peanut butter. I cannot overstate the importance of peanut butter.

All the rest... meh. Some I like (hazelnuts, macademia nuts), some I don't (mostly the sweeter ones like walnuts, or especially pecans), but I don't see any reason to feel strongly. (Well, ok, I almost feel strongly about disliking pecans. They're the one nut I would actually bother to pick out of a dessert, or a bowl of mixed nuts.)

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[emiefaunwrites]

I HAVE A VERY STRANG HC! So like Chihiro really likes pita bread. There is no support for it yet for some reason it makes sense in my brain? It doesn’t go stale that fast, and it is delicious warm. And Chihiro deserves delicious warm and cozy bread to eat while programming : )

Hey anon!

Hahahaha I love it! And I freaking LOVE pitta bread! Its the only real bread I can have without my stomach dying and so I'd LOVE to give it some love!

Once again, he/him pronouns for Chihiro in this AU. Please be aware of this!

Thanks for the ask anon! Sorry it took so long!!

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• Chi spends a lot of time programming.

• Like. A LOT.

• He's constantly coming up with a new system to improve someone's life, or something to share with his friends.

• Hell, sometimes just because he can!

• And he loves his talent. So freaking much.

• So much, in fact, that he sometimes forgets to eat.

• His dad tried to counter this by buying him a fridge, but d'you think he remembers to stock it up?

• His friends become quite worried and resort to buying him meals to eat.

• Never ACTUALLY getting thanks until the next day - Chi's a little shit when he's coding!

• Nothing REALLY stands out - not savory food, anyway.

• The boy will ALWAYS react to donuts or chocolate.

• But savoury? Meh. Forgettable.

• Until the glory that is pitta bread.

• It's Hiro's turn on feeding duty - the guy who has no regard for what he shoves in his mouth to eat.

• And he turns up with some healthy thing (that of course Taka recommended) in one hand.

• And a kebab in the other.

• He hands the healthy food over, leaning over to see what Chi's working on.

• And the warm, comforting smell of pitta bread wafts into Chi's nose - lighting reactions in his brain that don't trigger when he's in the zone.

• Poor Hiro has NO CHANCE to save the pitta before Chi's snatched it and shoved it in his mouth.

• 'That was miiiine...'

• 'More please.'

• 'But I got you...'

• 'MORE!'

• Hiro has to go back to the kebab shop and order five more pitta breads. JUST pitta bread. Toasty warm.

• And Chi wolfs them down eagerly - spouting a thanks before continuing.

• With this revelation, his friends make sure to stop off and buy him a couple of warm pittas as an addition to the meal.

• They even convince him to start filling his fridge...

• With pitta bread.

• THE BOY IS OBSESSED - pitta bread has become his go to meal for long nights of programming.

• Of course, with the amount of bread he's now consuming, he has to work out more to stay in shape.

• But does he care? Not a bit.

• One year for his birthday, Hiro has no idea what to get him so convinces the kebab shop to give Chi a year long deal for free pitta bread.

• (He gave one of his famous fortunes as a dealbreaker - and the fortune was actually correct!)

• All Chi had to do was flash a special voucher in their shop and they'd know what to do.

• Most people thought that was a lame idea.

• Chi nearly cried with happiness.

• It DID come with the caviat that he would have to make sure to eat properly (Hiro made sure to declare it after much pressure from Taka, of course).

• And it worked - Chi was forced to leave his mancave every night to go make himself some food.

• And as a special treat once a week, he'd head out to grab his freebie.

• Returning once more to his room, snuggled in his duvet and staring at the screen, nibbling on the warm, comfy goodness that is the pitta bread.

[eldritchsurveys]

815.

Have you ever laughed at someone because they had a funny name? >> Not to their face, but I’ve definitely laughed at some people’s names if I come across them online or something. Especially if it’s one of those names that can make a juvenile sex pun out of, lol. Speaking of names, why do celebrities always call their kids stupid ones? >> Power corrupts. But seriously, I don’t know why that’s such a thing. If you have a problem with someone, will you confront them? >> It depends on the nature of the problem and how annoying that person behaves when confronted. Sometimes it’s just not even worth it. How do you like your tea? >> Hot? Do you get car sick easily? >> Nope.

What did you want to be when you were a kid? >> Meh. Insert funny memory here: >> I can’t remember a funny memory on command. Do you think you’re a good conversationalist? Why is that? >> I can be a good conversationalist. I have the capability, technically. I just don’t always have the energy, the desire, or the motivation. Are you more likely to be called a hard worker or lazy? >> I’m more likely to be called lazy by the average observer. Especially if said observer is neurotypical. What is your sense of humor like? >> Expansive, I guess. I can find humour in a lot of different things. Do you think you’re fairly intelligent? In what way? >> I don’t care whether I’m “intelligent” or not, to be honest. The concept doesn’t really mean anything to me. I like to learn things and I am driven by curiosity. I like to use critical thinking skills to process biased information, and I am comfortable in the knowledge that I don’t know a lot of things. Those are all traits that I’ve seen described as “intelligent”, so, sure. How do you like your eggs? Scrambled, hard-boiled, over-medium, and unfertilized. Lmao. <-- PFF yeah tbh Do you enjoy visiting your relatives? >> --- What’s your favorite thing about the nearest upcoming holiday? >> The nearest upcoming holiday is Father’s Day, and I don’t celebrate that, nor am I in any way interested in it. Have you ever been on a float in a parade? What were you doing on it? >> I’ve been in parades, but on foot, not on a float. Have you ever had a strange compliment? What was it? >> I don’t know, maybe. That kind of stuff doesn’t stick in my memory very well. When was the last time you had deja vu? >> I don’t remember. I’m not even sure I’ve ever experienced it. Have you ever had a dream in black and white? >> I don’t think so. What about a dream with no sound? >> I don’t think so. What is something you find interesting but would never pursue as a career? >> Literally everything I find interesting. What types of people do you tend to avoid? >> People who tend to get aggressive really easily, people with strong bigoted opinions, and people who like to make fun of others. What is one personality trait a potential friend must have? >> *shrug* Never thought about it. Have you ever seen someone slip on a banana peel? >> Nope. Does that ever actually happen in real life? LOL Have you ever been in a helicopter? >> No, thank god. What is a color you love that’s not your favorite? >> Oxblood. Where would you like to travel to? >> At this point, fuckin anywhere. What color is your car? / What color would you like it to be? >> I don’t have a car. Sparrow’s car is silver. Does anything hurt on your body right now? What? >> Nope.

What is your favorite mode of travelling? >> I don’t have a favourite. Have you ever had chicken pox? >> No. Can you roll your eyes into the back of your head? >> Nah, not quite that far. If you have online friends, do you think you’d get on in real life? >> I’ve met my online friends in person already. We get along much the same. Who is your favorite animated character? >> Stitch is one. Are your favorites often what the majority like? >> In general? I mean, I don’t know, I’m not keeping track. If you could have anything for dinner tonight, what would you choose? >> I don’t know. I didn’t really eat much for dinner. There weren’t a lot of options. Do you prefer sweet or savory foods? >> Savoury. Do you worry about eating too much? What about eating too little? >> Sometimes I get neurotic about stuff like that, because I just... don’t really know what qualifies as “too much” or “too little” so I get all in my head about it. It feels like life was so much easier when I’d given up on trying to be “”healthy”” or whatever, but I guess this is what I have to deal with. Trying to live well while having no concrete knowledge of what that actually means, while being constantly inundated with contradictory and often-unreliable information from all sides. Is it dark outside right now? >> Not quite. Do you get scared when it’s a full moon? >> Nope. Do you think Jaffa Cakes are a cake or a biscuit? >> They look cake-like to me, but I’m also not very familiar with them because they don’t sell them in this country. If you go anywhere, do you always buy souvenirs for people? >> No. What was the last toy you got in a cereal box? >> --- Hypothetically speaking, if you owned a charm bracelet, would you always make sure the charms meant something to you? >> Well, yeah, I guess. That’s the point, innit? I’m guessing, anyway... don’t actually know much about charm bracelets aside from the fact that they exist. Are you waiting on anyone coming home right now? >> No. Is it easy to make you gag? >> No. Do you like the way your voice sounds? >> It serves its purpose. Do you usually keep to yourself? >> Yeah. Can you see the stars from your house? >> No, it’s overcast. How would you react if your favorite band made a song with your first name as its title? >> If any band made a song with my name as the title, I’d be pretty pleased. I like things with my name on them. What is a word or phrase you’ve been told you overuse? >> I’ve never been told that. Are you considered an awkward person? >> By whom? Not by me, so. Has a career advisor ever helped you choose your ideal career? >> No. If you were abandoned for a week, would you be able to fend for yourself? >> What does “abandoned” even mean in this context? Like... this would probably make more sense if I was a minor or something. Is there a light on in the room you’re in? >> Yeah. Have you ever been friends with someone who was your complete opposite? >> I don’t think anyone could be my complete opposite. I’m not an archetype, I’m a complex individual with many contradictory traits. Have you ever wished you were an identical twin? If one, do you hate it? >> No. What day were you born on? >> Thursday. What’s your favorite number? Why did you pick that? >> 9 and 19. I... didn’t, really. That’s just the way it is. What does your favorite perfume / deodorant smell like? >> I can’t really describe what the roll-on oil I like smells like. I don’t know enough about scent theory, or whatever. Who’s your favorite Disney character? >> Stitch. Do you like having a favorite everything or do you enjoy keeping open? >> I actually don’t have favourites for most things. I usually like way too many things in a category to bother with singling out one over all the rest (or I’m not interested enough in a category to have a bias). What’s your favorite advertisement? Or do you find them all irritating? >> I do find them all irritating.

[jd-arts319]

Name:sonata adagio

Alias:sona,sonny,Ada,gio

Age:16

B-day:July,5

Relatives:(unknown)cresendo(caretaker)

Info:childhood friends with aster,sonata was the only friend of aster & the one who had helped him alot,the two had been music buddies since then & he was the one who had kept the attention away from him,believe it or not he was mistaken as a girl due to his androgynous look.

Personality:shy,kind,patient,helpful,smart,obseverant,playful & funny,quirky when around close friends.

Likes:books,music,drawing,savory foods & flavor drinks,singing with aster,photography & beautiful sceneries.

Dislikes:aster fan girls,bullies,seeing aster upset,him & aster fighting,being alone & betrayed.

Facts:despite he is kind & shy,sonata is the person you never mess with since he is very cunning sometimes & know to use manipulation,but not all the time is just on a rare occasions.

He is actually aster's love instrest

He too likes aster but thougth he didn't have a chance.

His back hair was short but sometimes grow unexpectedly.

Bonus:

Asteroid appearance:he had navy blue hair & green & blue eyes,but also have to Pink star tattoo not only in his left eye But also His right jaw,he wore a dark green scarf & a dark purple shirt underneath,his father's jacket but dark blue,dark blue pants with blue stripes,pale violet boots with blue trims,Navy blue fingerless gloves.

Sonata:pale indigo blue hair,pale magenta eyes,wore a teal scarf & a dress,the dress top is pale blue while the bottom is pale purple & both of the sleeves as well same,wore a black & pale blue striped stockings & fingerless gloves,but also wore a pale green shoes.

Here ya go! @izumi-lov3 & @taytay2656

Both of sonata & asteroid belongs to meh

[brizie-doodles]

Tagged

yeet tagged by the lovely @crazyanime3

Nickname: bri for family, everyone else can call me Ty

Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋

Last movie watched: i'm pretty sure it was ralph breaks the internet i still need to make time to draw my favorite princesses oh boi

Last thing you googled: fenton crackshell

Favorite musician: mhshsjvsi i don't really have specific ones often but i think my recent favs have been Billie eilish and alec benjamin

Songs stuck in your head: Two time by jack stauber

Other blogs: meh this is the only other one i have. Been thinking about making one for tmnt but I'd probably be too lazy to keep up with it bllsnhsh

Do you get asks: sometimes yeah!

Blogs following: currently 311. Most of them are inactive tho im just too lazy to scroll through all that -dies-

Amount of sleep:

Lucky number: uuhh 5 is my favorite so? I guess 5??? ¯\_(��)_/¯

Dream job: oof i just wanna draw what i wanna draw or like something i enjoy pertaining to art i guess. Or something that lets me work with animals like a field zoologist or smthin.

Dream trip: idk somewhere with friends. I don't think much about places. I remember really wanting to go to rio because of the movie rio tho 😂😂😂. Still a tempting option.

Favorite food: idk i really like savory stuff man food is just,, good,,. Pizza is always a go to favorite tho. Or waffles

Play any instruments: cant play an instrument to save my life. I really like drums or guitars tho.

Languages: English and very basic Spanish. I want to be more fluent in Spanish, i just really love the language and culture!! And maybe French uwu

Favorite songs: shit too many to name hdhsbdn

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: uuhhh dont know how tor really describe myself but i really like pastel colors and spacey stuff like stars and stuff. Also like idk cute food? AND TEETH! sharp teeth!! FAngs BaBEy!!

Random fact: uuhh i shoved a watermelon seed in my ear like a dumbass once. :))))

Jsjdje i dont feel like taging 21 people but i will tag @cloud-ya @viconekochan @scylla-the-frog-queen @sleepyowl55 @karmakitty @miss-arlert-orihara-watanuki @angel-of-music-hyde-no-longer and mmm idk Ill putpre later i guess

[jennasims]

I saw the Get to Know Me Tag floating around and I wanted to try it out. It’s also been a while since I’ve made my simself! I’m not always mad but I do have a quick temper thus my face up above. Under the cut is the rest of the questions.

I was not tagged but I tag anyone that wants to do it!

RULES: Post a pic of your simself with your traits and answer the questions!

Traits: Bookworm, Hot-headed, Foodie

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Jenna

2. WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? most of my nicknames in life are based off of my last name sooooo....

3. BIRTHDAY? February 5

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES? I read a lot of books, mostly stand alones. I guess Hunger Games?

5. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS OR GHOSTS? yes and yes

6. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? Courtney Summers

7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION? Alt Nation on xm radio, or my spotify

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ANYTHING? blue raspberry!!

9. WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE OFTEN TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING GREAT OR WONDERFUL? amazing

10. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONG? &Run by Sir Sly

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? I don’t think I have a favorite word! maybe zesty

12. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? something off the new 21P album, can’t remember the name

13. WHAT TV SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH? Gilmore Girls, Brooklyn 99, Parks & Rec, Chef’s Table, Parts Unknown w/ Anthony Bourdain (RIP)

14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN? I like to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race when I’m feeling terrible, I don’t have the attention span for movies.

15. DO YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES? mostly Sims, but I like Animal Crossing and Pokemon

16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? dying alone

17. WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? I’m really passionate about things when I want to be

18. WHAT IS YOUR WORST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? sometimes I can be distant to close family and friends

19. DO YOU LIKE CATS OR DOGS BETTER? I love both but my kitty is the best boy

20. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? Fall, but summer in Maine is always great

21. ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP? yeah with myself thank u next

22. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MISS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? No responsibilities NO BILLS

23. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? Kat + Jess

24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR? blue

25. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? brown with blonde streaks

26. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOVE? My family and my friends and my cat

27. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST? Kat

28. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? my friends from school who I haven’t seen in ages

29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXCITED ABOUT/FOR SOMETHING? Christmas? trying to plan a trip for next year too so maybe that if it comes through!!

30. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSESSION? Coffeeeeee

31. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A CHILD? Spongebob + Rugrats

32. WHO OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING TO, IF ANYONE? I don’t think I could tell any man ANYTHING right now but there are some I’ll tell a lot to.

33. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? a little bit!

34. DO YOU HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PHOBIAS? I hate rodents!!!

35. DO YOU PREFER TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT? a little bit of both but it’s usually me behind the camera

36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? reading, writing, cooking, Sims

37. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? Where She Went by Gayle Forman

38. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? some christmas movie on netflix I already forget what it was called

39. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? I played the flute for about two weeks in the 5th grade

40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? Cats & dogs but I also love bears

41. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE TUMBLR BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW? uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

42. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? to stop time

43. WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT PEACE? On the couch or out in the woods with a bowl

44. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? nature! good music

45. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? lol sports. sometimes I do yoga

46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? fountain sprite or Dunks coffee

47. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WROTE A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER OR NOTE TO SOMEBODY? today! I sent my friend a gift in the mail

48. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? a little bit

49. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE? impolite and closeminded people

50. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT? [pasdfiosjfkjlasdk yeah I’ve been to a TON because I’m a concert junkie

51. ARE YOU VEGAN/VEGETARIAN? nah

52. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A teacher/a journalist/an actress

53. WHAT FICTIONAL WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN? maybe Hogwarts?

54. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WORRY ABOUT? losing someone very important to me, being unable to pay my bills

55. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK? only like, PITCH BLACK dark

56. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? I love singing along but I think I’m terrible

57. HAVE YOU EVER SKIPPED SCHOOL? not in HS but lots in college to smoke weed on the beach

58. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET? the beach!!! I love love love the water

59. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? I like where I am now a lot

60. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? a kitty cat named Poe

61. ARE YOU MORE OF AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? a night owl, I’m up way too late for my own good

62. DO YOU LIKE SUNRISES OR SUNSETS BETTER? Sunsets

63. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE? yes

64. DO YOU PREFER EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES? headphones 

65. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? yes

66. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? I like pretty much everything but rap/country

67. WHO IS YOUR HERO? my mom

68. DO YOU READ COMIC BOOKS? not really

69. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST ANGRY? lol my road rage is real

70. DO YOU PREFER TO READ ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR WITH A REAL BOOK? mostly real books but don’t mind electronic devices

71. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? History & English

72. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? older brother + older sister

73. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? coffee

74. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5′3″

75. CAN YOU COOK? yes I love to cook

76. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE? laughing, listening to others, adventures

77. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU HATE? confrontation when it doesn’t involve me, emotions, stupid heads

78. DO YOU HAVE MORE FEMALE FRIENDS OR MORE MALE FRIENDS? even mix I’d say

79. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? straight

80. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? Maine

81. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TEXTED? my friend

82. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? on Monday lol

83. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBER? like a lot of Youtubers tbh

84. DO YOU LIKE TO TAKE SELFIES? every once in a while

85. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE APP? Instagram

86. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENT(S) LIKE? I love them both and they love me! sometimes my mom and I butt heads but we’re just both really headstrong lol

87. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN ACCENT? British & New Zealand

88. WHAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO, BUT YOU WANT TO VISIT? Sweden 

89. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 5

90. CAN YOU JUGGLE? nope

91. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? not really

92. DO YOU FIND OUTER SPACE OF THE DEEP OCEAN TO BE MORE INTERESTING? deep ocean!! 

93. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DAREDEVIL? sometimes

94. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? nope

95. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE? yes

96. CAN YOU WIGGLE YOUR EARS? nope

97. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? ahahahaha every once in a while I guess

98. DO YOU PREFER THE FOREST OR THE BEACH? beach!!

99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU? control what you can // confront what you can’t // always remember how lucky you are to have yourself

100. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR? yes with small lies

101. WHAT IS YOUR HOGWARTS HOUSE? Ravenclaw

102. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? all the timeeee

103. ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? depends on the day

104. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL/DIARY? I try to keep one but it never works

105. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? depends on the circumstance

106. IF YOU FOUND A WALLET FULL OF MONEY ON THE GROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Return it to the owner (if I can find the address & it isn’t too far) otherwise bring it to the police station

107. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE? Yes, but not always.

108. ARE YOU TICKLISH? verrrry

109. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PLANE? yes I love to fly I wish I did it more

110. DO YOU HAVE ANY PIERCINGS? just my ears

111. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU WISH WAS REAL? meh

112. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS? yes “(un)lost” on my wrist

113. WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR? move to Maine by myself

114. DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA? yes she’s a bitch

115. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS? nope

116. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? maybe someday! too early in my life to tell

117. WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON YOU KNOW? my older brother

118. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY? god why ask

119. HAVE YOU EVER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER? yes many times

120. WHAT COLOR ARE MOST OF YOU CLOTHES? Dark blue/gray/black

121. DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURES? YES!!

122. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TV? yeah! I was on the Today Show when I was 10 

123. HOW OLD ARE YOU? 23

124. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE? always be your own sunshine

125. DO YOU PREFER SWEET OR SAVORY FOODS? i’ve got a lethal sweet tooth

[radiantgoodhealth]

Autumn: Cider, Football, and Your Lung Health

Friend: I can feel autumn coming. Me: I know. How are your lungs? How is your sadness, your depression?

Friend: Pardon me?

Now, those are weird questions to come up when you hear “I can feel autumn coming,” ain’a?

Autumn is, in fact, coming and with it the body-mind changes that acupuncture and traditional medicine treat with every seasonal change. We are organic beings after all, made up of the stuff of this precious Earth, living in the ecosphere of our little blue ball, and necessarily responding to, adapting to the cycles she offers us.

Sometimes, we ain’t all that good about adapting to these changes. In Traditional Medicine, autumn is the driest season of all.

Even the sun’s rays begin to dry up, so to speak, as our daylight hours suddenly shorten, and we move toward the Winter Solstice.

Let’s look at the Lung River and it’s qi. Most acupuncturists use the terms ‘channel’ or ‘meridian’ to describe the discrete pathways our vital energies—our qi—flow through in our body-mind. For me, those are meh terms. I use “river”. Qi flows through 14 different and discrete rivers inside you, me, and all living beings. Acupuncture helps to keep those rivers contained in their banks when they are too exuberant, full of qi in times of depletion, and flowing smoothly always, from their wellspring to the sea. When those are all balance, we are healthy. And then, there’s autumn.

The Lung River is associated with autumn and autumn is associated with dryness. A dry Lung River is an unhappy one; lungs like to be wet (but not too wet). Since the lungs are the most exterior of all the qi-organs, the harvest season can give us problems if we are not full of care for them.

Every season has its own emotion as does every qi River. Autumn and the Lung River are associated with the emotions of grief and sadness—particularly things that have arisen more recently. For example, a child trauma will more like settle in the Heart River but may arise acutely in autumn. A loss within the last few months or year will probably damage the Lung River now.

Think of what it feels like to sob—the Lung qi is moving erratically up and down, the River is in turmoil, tossing in any direction; breathing is hard, there may be pain in the chest and shoulders, there is constriction and anxiety.

In our medicine, each River is associated with one of the elements of our planet. The Lung River is associated with the element of metal (ore, minerals). Metal can generate good body fluids (think of a metal cup full of cool water and the condensation that forms on its outside). Metal can also hold heat such that good body fluids evaporate or become scorched. Think about that time your very wet cough (cold, damp, and phlegmy) turned into a persistent dry, scratchy, hoarse cough (heat and dry), your sputum changed from white and liquid to yellow or green and thick—heat and dryness cook fluids and cooked fluids are a problem for the Lung River.

Another fascinating aspect of the Lung River is that it regulates the cou li, that space between the skin and the musculature. The cou li is the space where our defensive qi (we call it the wei qi) moves to protect us from exterior pathogens. Or, if you like, we can rename all these components as “lymph and immune systems.” Functionally, we are using different words to describe the same phenomena, although the traditional medicine terms also include more subtle effects. For example, grief is very often followed by sudden illness related to breathing or opportunistic infection.

Autumn Precautions

We need to take smart care of our Lung River for the next three months. We do this in three ways: Good cover, good emotions, and good food.

Good Cover: Our upper back and neck, from the base of our skull, across our shoulders, and extending a down the paraspinals is called the “wind gate.” This is the original source of infectious coughs and colds that are so common in the cold, damp weather of autumn. It is important to keep this area impeccably protected from wind, cold, and dampness during this season—especially so on warm days when the pernicious qualities are masked by the sun’s warmth. Pull up your collar, wear a hoodie, toss a scarf or a sweatshirt over your shoulders. 

Protect your wind gate and you protect your Lung qi. Protect your Lung qi and you prevent related diseases.

This is a good opportunity to consider the relationship between traditional energy medicine and contemporary biomedicine. We know that the common cold and influenza are caused by viruses. No dispute. What’s with this “wind gate” chatter then? The wind gate is an exposed area of the cou li, This is our immune system, energetically speaking. Sweep it away with damp, cold, wind and you’re left exposed to viral and bacterial lung infections. Nothing “wu-wu” here—just different words to pick out the same phenomena. Cover your shoulders, rest appropriately, boost your wei qi, and don’t let opportunistic infections get a foothold.

Good Emotions: It’s fair to say that all illness, from the perspective of traditional medicine, is entangled with some emotion or other. Even happiness can go into deficiency (a kind of depression—there are many of these in traditional medicine) or excess (difficulties ranging from insomnia to mania). Each of the qi rivers are associated with a different emotion. We live, unhappily, in a culture were all emotions are either suspect, commodified, or devalued…except warrantless anger which seems to be permitted in every circumstance. So, we learn young to squash them down. Wall out sadness. Crush grief under the weight of a mountain of feel-good. Deny love. Deny them all if we can.

When the sadness of autumn arises, don’t look away. You needn’t let current sadness or old grief mow you down. Khalil Gibran said in The Prophet “to suppress a truth is to give it power beyond endurance.” Our emotional state is one of many true states. 

So, if you’re truly sad, that emotion must have its day, either by you permitting it (even encouraging it) or by the emotion simply taking over because it is unbearable to wall it off another minute.

At the same time, we must surely not allow emotions to pretend to a permanence and power they don’t truly have. Emotions are soap bubbles. They arise, catch our attention, then pop and fall away, only to be replaced by another emotion—maybe the same one or a related one or an opposing one—each of which will arise, pop, and disappear like all the others. Our emotions only gain strength over us if we forever deny them their voice—and then they gain power ‘beyond endurance’. At that point, they manifest as illness, psycho-emotional, mental, physical diseases, or combinations of these. Deep breath.

If you need to, want to, or must, just have a good cry, especially if one arises naturally, spontaneously. Then “pop” it’ll be gone...for now or forever, who knows? Take a deep breath (directing your Lung River qi downward) and take the next step of your life. Humans have emotions. Be a human. Good Food: Autumn allows us to access the excess of the harvest with an eye to preserving techniques for the next season. It is, in this sense, a season of conservation, of storage and preserving, anticipating the beginning of drawing within in winter.

Sour and fermented foods are especially helpful in this season since they nourish the yin and the jin ye (the body fluids, including those on the intima of interior lung tissue).

Grains: One good choice for the season is sourdough bread. It takes a bit to get a starter going, but so very worth the time and effort. The best sourdough starter I know of involves a pound of organic grapes, locally grown if you can get them. Wrap them in a cheesecloth and give them some gentle bonks with a pastry pin—enough to break the skins without creating jam. Squeeze the juice into a suitable container, add enough water to make 2 cups, and add 2 cups of (preferably organic) flour (white or wheat seem to work well; feel free to experiment with rye or buckwheat). For the first week, you’ll need to add water and flour every day to keep the grape yeast-beasties well fed and stimulate fermentation. Once the concoction bubbles, you can use it as the base for your favorite bread recipe. Keep it fed!

Aduki (adzuki) beans, barley, millet, almonds, sesame seeds, and pinenuts stimulate yin fluids. Add them into soups. Millet is a wonderful warm breakfast cereal or savory side dish.

Meat, fish, and proteins: Tofu, clams, crabs, oysters, mussels, oily fish, pork, and lamb—these are the go-to yin nourishing fluids and especially beneficial to the Lung River.

Veggies: Generally speaking, you probably can’t eat too many vegetables, so long as they are a dominant part of an overall balanced diet. Leeks, cukes, pears, loquat, mushrooms—these are the roots, the sours, and the fungi of good Lung River health.

Foods: Pickles of all kinds, sauerkraut (and other fermented veggies), rose hip tea, citrus fruits, and “the sour varieties of apples, plums, and grapes.”

Welcome to autumn! It’s a grand season, full of richness (and dryness), harvests (including the inadvertent one of lung harmful bacteria or viruses), and the opportunities to both store the goodness of our lives and let go of the dead leaves of it. As a wise woman once said, ‘The trees drop their leaves when they are dead; that is good advice to follow.’ If you’d like a Lung River nourishing preventive care treatment—or if the season overtakes you and you fall ill—please consider visiting us at the Enerqi Center. Prevention may be worth more than cure, but if you’re sick, the curative effects of good acupuncture, good herbal medicinals, and the ever popular TDP heat lamp-liquid moxa combo are beyond compare, and key components of your Radiant Good Health.

  Works Cited

Gibran, K. (n.d.). The Prophet.

Maciocia, G. (2005). The Foundations of Chinese medicine. Churchill Livingstone.

Pitchford, P. (1993). Healing with whole foods: oriental traditions and modern nutrition. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

[sensespike3-blog]

Eating Is an Existential Chore on ‘Forever’ and ‘The Good Place’

When I was younger, my mother and I would play a game. It started with a simple question: “If you could eat one [X] for the rest of your life, what would it be?” The [X] in question varied: sometimes we’d leave it totally open; sometimes reduce it to a cuisine or restaurant dish or a fruit or a cheese. But there would always be one condition attached: Every time you ate the thing, it would taste as good as the very first time you’d tried it.

The extended montage that opens the first episode of Amazon’s acclaimed series Forever explains why this caveat was always necessary. The show charts the slow decline and gradual rehabilitation of the marriage between Oscar (Fred Armisen) and June (Maya Rudolph), two contented-seeming, yuppy-ish types living out contented-seeming, yuppy-ish lives in the suburbs of Southern California. They meet-cute, bond over drinks and dinner, and eventually buy a lake house. Oscar appears to spend most of his time there fishing and cooking his catch. We later learn that his signature preparation is trout amandine, but at this point in the series, all we see is Oscar present it, with a flourish, to June. And he does so again and again and again, with consistent enthusiasm on his part, but visibly dwindling interest from his wife.

The scene illustrates the repetition and tedium of this dysfunctional marriage in microcosm: the initial excitement, followed by the slow decline into borderline-resentful boredom on the part of June in particular. Showrunner Alan Yang could have used anything to chart the evolution of their relationship — think of the equally masterful sequence that opens Pixar’s Up — but it’s hardly surprising that he lands on food. As anyone familiar with another Yang project, Master of None, will know, eating and drinking are central preoccupations in his work, somewhere close to a full-blown obsession.

The food on display in Forever doesn’t belong alongside the fine dining moneyshots, regional delicacy close-ups, or full-blown Italo-porn of Master of None, though. It’s domestic, in every sense of the word: homemade, on home soil, by one home-owner for another. The very intimacy of this kind of culinary act makes it a perfect stand-in for the couple more generally, and for the issues between them: The reliably conflict-averse Oscar, for example, cooks when he should talk, as though he could nurture the ailing relationship simply by fixing it dinner.

He even continues to do this when given the ultimate second chance. In a “holy-shit!” spoiler that Amazon somehow managed to keep secret in all of its marketing for the show, Oscar actually dies at the end of the first episode, during an ill-advised skiing trip in place of the usual lake house vacation. During the second episode, we watch June pull her life back together, slowly gaining some closure and starting to acknowledge that not every aspect of their life together was perfect. There is even a suggestion, as she prepares to fly to Hawaii and sips on a business class guava bellini, that she is ready to move on. Except she then knocks back a macadamia nut, and (spoiler again!) chokes to death. June regains consciousness in the afterlife, with Oscar standing above her.

June (played by Maya Rudolph) and Oscar (Fred Armisen) presenting mac and cheese to Kase (Catherine Keener)

Amazon/Forever

So her no-longer-former husband presenting a familiar dish of trout amandine at the end of the third episode is a decisive moment — a sign that the old routines of their life together have continued, unaltered, despite their very obvious change in circumstances. Rudolph’s facial expression at this point speaks volumes about her character’s broader discontentment in her new home and with her new (old) companion. It’s no surprise that June seizes on newcomer Kase (played by Catherine Keener). In contrast to the other residents of the bucolic Riverside community, Kase is brusque and self-sufficient. She also clearly has little interest in befriending Oscar and June, going so far as to throw the mac and cheese cooked by Oscar as a welcome gift into her garden flowerbed.

In rejecting Oscar’s food, Kase is also rejecting the cosily monotonous routines that he enjoys, giving June permission to do the same. She gives voice to her growing disillusionment in Riverside in a conversation between the couple, in which she complains that they do “the same five things every day,” and Oscar — again, rather than engaging — goes off to make dinner. His announcement (“We’re having ceviche”) is met with another look of consummate anti-enthusiasm.

June’s lack of appetite for Oscar’s food shows her dwindling appetite for him. The gregarious Kase (“We should be trying something different, we should be pushing the limits, exploring, having orgies”) offers her a far more rewarding form of emotional sustenance. While she remains well-fed, June is starved of something more fundamental. By the fifth episode, when she tells Oscar, “We do the same things every single day, and I don’t see it changing — literally forever — and that bothers me,” it is a foregone conclusion that she will abandon her husband in search of new stimulus in Oceanside. The eternity suggested by the show’s title has started to look less like a reward, and more like a punishment.

The use of food as a form of torture is not uncommon in popular culture. But historically it has tended to be more baroque, borrowing from medieval tradition. In the third circle of Dante’s Inferno, the gluttonous are kept like pigs in a sty, wallowing in a putrid mud that they are also forced to eat. Fast-forward a few hundred years to David Fincher’s Se7en, and John Doe’s first victim has been coerced into literally eating himself to death — a similarly Old Testament punishment to fit the perceived crime.

Forever, though, shows how food can inflict a more subtle kind of agony. Food is something that we must, by necessity, eat every day, but it is also something culturally imbued with specialness, the central aspect of religious and secular festivities the world over. As Helen Rosner’s essay “On Chicken Tenders” articulates, there is something quietly horrifying in the latter category collapsing into the former: the special becoming quotidian; the joyous becoming boring. You can, Rosner says, “have too much of a good thing.” You can, Rosner argues, become “inured to delight.”

We are never told whether the world that June and Oscar inhabit is heaven or hell or purgatory. Things are clearer in another comedy sort-of set in the afterlife: We spend the first season of The Good Place believing Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) and her companions are in heaven, only to discover – twist! — that they’ve been placed in a special kind of hell designed to torture them in far subtler and more affecting ways than the official Bad Place, with its hot spike pits full of lava and bees and lightning.

But in showrunner Michael Schur’s hands, or the hands of fake Good Place architect Michael (Ted Danson), food is used to inflict a very similar sort of agony as that endured by June in Forever. Schur and writer Megan Amram have discussed how they intend the food in the fake Good Place to be “part of Michael’s well-thought out plan to torture Eleanor and company.” It’s all stuff that “seems perfectly fine when you think about it, but is not particularly satisfying to eat,” like clam chowder (“a savory latte with bugs in it”) and Hawaiian pizza. Or, indeed, like frozen yogurt, ubiquitous in the show’s first episode and a perfect embodiment of the totally okay but also kind of meh foodstuffs that Schur and Amram fixate upon.

One of the many fro-yo shops of The Good Place

NBC/The Good Place

It’s certainly food that’s in marked contrast to the usual fare on offer in most depictions of the afterlife. Think of the purgatory-like Judgment City in Defending Your Life, where restaurants are lavish all-you-can-eat affairs and the food they serve is beyond delicious (added bonus: it doesn’t cause weight gain). It’s perfect precisely because it’s so divorced from the occasional downsides that come from having a hungry body on earth: our petty considerations about money; our mundane neuroses about appetite and weight gain. Food in The Good Place and Forever feels rooted in something much more relatable. Whereas most afterlife fiction seeks out extremes — the rosiest vision of heaven, the bleakest vision of hell — these are shows that find a middle ground that looks a lot more like what surrounds us on a daily basis, and use it to ask a more provocative set of questions about what it means to be a person, whether dead or alive.

The answer is fittingly complex. At one point in The Good Place, Michael ruminates on frozen yogurt: “There’s something so human about taking something great and ruining it a little so you can have more of it.” This, in fact, might be the central thesis of both shows. They’re both about our eternal drive to find some sort of satisfaction, and the very human way in which we block our own paths on that quest. And if either show offers some sort of consolation, it’s in the realization that sometimes the route to true, meaningful satisfaction lies not in looking out for ourselves, but for others.

Elanor (Kristen Bell) and Michael (Ted Danson) in a sea of fro-yo shops.

NBC/The Good Place

June and Oscar eventually reunite and symbolically rediscover their love of food (and therefore each other) during a delightful scene extolling the virtues of the banana as the perfect beach snack. But they only find this resolution after they’ve moved out of their comfort zones and accepted responsibility for their faults and marital failures. Similarly, it is only through interacting with her fellow Good/Bad Place inhabitants that Eleanor realizes her selfishness on earth, and seeks to make amends.

These shows are far from heavy-handed morality tales: they’re comedies, first and foremost (The Good Place in particular is a treasure-trove for lovers of deeply silly food puns). But the way they handle food in parallel with the personal growth of their characters is certainly similar. We can’t always get what we want; what we eat can’t always taste as delicious as it did the first time we tried it. Being happy may also mean occasionally being incredibly bored. And being a good person may also mean occasionally doing stuff you really don’t want to. In life, as with diets, balance is everything.

George Reynolds is a food writer based in the UK. He is a regular contributor to Eater London. Editor: Greg Morabito

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Source: https://www.eater.com/2019/1/17/18183922/the-good-place-forever-eating-as-an-existential-chore-boring-food

[animepopheart]

39 Questions Tag

I was tagged by @petitesara - thanks for thinking of me, Sara! :)

1. Are you named after someone? - I am a _______, like my father before me (and my father before that). I’m the third in my line.

2. When was the last time you cried? Hrmm...it’s been a while. Logan got me really, really close though!

3. Do you like your handwriting? Nope. I’ve gotten so lazy with my handwriting - I used to write very nicely in grade school, but now I write like a doctor, but I don’t have the degree to make that okay haha.

4. 
What is your favourite lunchmeat? Umm...salami maybe?

5. 
Do you have kids? I do! They’re so much fun and such a challenge, also. It’s amazing how kids are - it really is. In them you see both all your faults and all the potential you once had. It motivates you to be a better parent - unfortunately, sin gets in the way too often, and you realize how hard it is to be a good father (and while we’re at it, a good husband).

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? I don’t know. I’m pretty awkward around people sometimes and I think people might describe me as a mix of very open and kind and also closed off and cold. I don’t know if I’m easy to be friends with.

7. Do you use sarcasm? Rarely.

8. 
Do you still have your tonsils? Yep!

9. Would you bungee jump? That’s a big HUGE NO. Do you know how many vidoes I watched of snapped bungee cords growing up? It was like the usual thing on daytime “news” programs when I was a kid. Plus I’m deathly afraid of heights. I had to go out onto this ledge on my house the other day, literally climbing out my window like I was in some movie, and I’VE NEVER BEEN MORE AFRAID.

10. What is your favourite kind of cereal? Coo-ooooooookie Crisp!

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Never. I’m lazy.

12. Do you think you’re a strong person? A little? I wonder if it’s dependent on definition. Maybe for some I might seem strong - I’m a leader, a manager, and “just do it” kind of person out of necessity, but I’m weak also - I’m susceptible to temptations; I lack self-control; and I too often do what I know isn’t right instead of running away (literally or figuratively), like I should.

13. What is your favourite ice cream? Pistachio Almond yummmmmmmmm

14. What is the first thing you notice about people? Their face? I always find this question strange...

15. What is the least favourite physical thing you like about yourself? Like most of my face? Haha.

16. What colour pants and shoes are you wearing now? Navy trousers and black shoes

17. What are you listening to right now? The gentle hum of a Xerox copier haha

18. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be? Asian Yellow. That must have been a color at some point, right? I was telling my kids the other day about how we used to have “Indian Red” and how insulting that was, and to imagine how it would be to have “Asian Yellow” as a color in your Crayola box. It’s funny, but people sell “Indian Red” on eBay now, I guess for nostalgia’s sake or for people to use as an example. -_-’

19. Favourite smell? Green apple - I love that sweet smell.

20. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? I literally spoke with a man who was jailed recently after killing someone while driving under the influence. :(

21. Favourite sport to watch? FOOTBALL. I’m a little obsessed, as in I grew up memorizing all my favorite player’s season and career statistics, would kill to have a Joe Montana rookie card, have won several fantasy football championships kind of obsessed. -_-’

22. Hair colour? Dark brown...but increasingly white. :O

23. Eye colour? Dark brown

24. Do you wear contacts? Yes. I can never go back to glasses. :P

25. Favourite food to eat? I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite food, but my favorite food to eat is steak - there’s just something so satisfying about cutting into a yummy steak and eating those savory bites with big chews.

26. Scary movies or comedy? Oh, I don’t watch scary movies haha

27. Last movie you watched? Logan. Amazingggggg.

28. What colour of shirt are you wearing? Blue/black/grey/white

29. Summer or winter? Winter. Because that’s when the white walkers come and we can stop all this senseless vying for the Iron Throne.


30. Hugs or kisses? Oh, kisses, haha

31. What book are you currently reading? I have about six books on my nightstand that I’m currently not reading. Does that count?

32. Who do you miss right now? Honestly, no one

33. What is on your mouse pad? Nothing. It’s just red. I’m at work - I don’t have a mouse or mousepad at home.

34. What is the last TV program you watched? Fresh Off the Boat. My family loves it. I don’t really watch that much TV, and I don’t see many full episodes of this show, but I’m continually amazed how they get A) the 90′s and B) Asian-American families just right. Everything in that show was either my experience, or that of my friends or my family.

35. What is the best sound? the cello!

36. Rolling stones or The Beatles? Meh v. Bleh. I appreciate them both, but other than like “Yesterday” or “Start Me Up,” you don’t find me playing their music on my iPhone.

37. What is the furthest you have ever travelled? Well, I’m from Texas, but I’ve lived in Germany and for a short time in Egypt, and I’ve also traveled to Korea.

38. Do you have a special talent? Hmm...nah?

39. Where were you born? El Paso, Texas

I tag @slothsensei @elephantwarrior @iori-the-cat-lady @justyouandtheocean @kokorodaki @missvelvetcloak @rinthegreat @strawberry---fields @wonderfulcatman @warriorsatthedisco and because I always tag her: @yelyahwilliams

[veganramblings]

common korean food that are vegan

all 떡 (korean mochi, pronounced thuk) are made with vegan ingredients.

make sure to eat it the day you bought it, or else store in fridge and microwave before consumption! the texture completely changes when stored in fridge, gets thick and rubbery, doesn’t stay sticky / stretchy.

my favorite 떡 are:

기정떡 pronounced ghee jung thuk

very unique because batter is fermented prior to steaming. spongey in texture, tastes like 막걸리 (korean rice wine, pronounced maak gull lee) usually topped with dried dates and black sesame seeds. the ones from my favorite shop have good alcohol fragrance. all the other shops i’ve tried don’t do it well and end up having little to no alcohol

photo credit 기정떡 is the only kind of 떡 that is shaped like a muffin

photo credit many places also sell it shaped like a typical 떡, rectangular.

쑥떡 pronounced sook thuk

mugwork rice cake. texture is not like 기증떡. 쑥떡 texture is like japanese mochi and has no bubbles or sponginess. should taste like mugwort but some shops do a shabby job and tastes plain. if done right, should taste herby! go for the deep dark green ones, more likely to have enough mugwort.

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인절미 pronounced in jul mee (like injure me, not in jool mee)

covered in soybean powder. texture is like softer 쑥떡. if you microwave it too long it will “melt” then harden!

photo credit usually cut into cubes or rectangles, half the height of thumb

photo credit variant: this one is green from the mugwort. this would be called 쑥 인절미 (pronounced sook in jul mee)

시루떡 pronounced shi roo thuk

like 인절미 except covered in red bean. texture is like 쑥떡

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photo credit variant: yellow/orange from pumpkin. this would be called 호박 시루떡 pronounced ho baak shi roo thuk

all the �� shops i’ve been to also sell 약과 and 약밥 which are also vegan.

약과 pronounced yaak gwa

fried cookie. texture is sticky. the 떡s i listed are savory but 약과 is sweet. they are usually sweetened with rice syrup. after i saw a shop sell 꿀약과 (꿀 means honey) i started asking other shops whether they use honey, they said no. honey is expensive in korea, affordable ones are runny which is unsuitable for 약과.

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약밥 pronounced yaak baap

glutinous rice with rice syrup, sesame oil, dates, chestnuts, pine nuts. texture is like the rice from mango sticky rice. sweeter than 떡 but not as sweet as 약과.

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i almost forgot to mention 찹쌀떡. this one’s funny because i’ve only seen it at convenience store and bakeries, never at a 떡 shop.

찹쌀떡 pronounced chaap saal thuk

mochi filled with red bean paste. dusted with glutinous rice flour which will get all over your clothes if you eat it while walking. all the ones i’ve had were too sweet except for the one at an’s bakery in songdo.

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when i was in singapore, potato chips were always vegan. oreo was also vegan. that’s not the case in korea.

oreo sold in korea is usually manufactured by a korean company, and those oreos are not vegan. also, most potato chips made by korean companies are not vegan.

but the following potato chips are vegan! keep in mind these are not general items but specific products. other product with same name made by different company may not be vegan.

참기름 감자칩 pronounced chaam ghi reum gaam ja chip

potato chips dotted with seaweed bits and sesame oil. really yummy!! just slightly sweet, not enough to annoy me, but would prefer it to not be there!

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무뚝뚝 감자칩 pronounced moo thook thook gaam ja chip

not paper thin, these have visible width. fun to eat! have a crunchy bite to them. seasoned and taste savory, have zero sweetness.

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the following are more korean junk food that is vegan.

조청유과 pronounced jo chung yoo gwa

rice crackers sweetened with rice syrup. perfect ratio, just the right amount of sweetness!

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땅콩강정 pronounced thaang kong ghaang jung

popped grains with powdered peanut and sugar! airy, crunchy, sweet, and nutty :D

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the following are healthy snacks

감말랭이 pronounced ghaam maal leng E

persimmon cut and half dried. no added sugar!

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고구마 말랭이 pronounce goguma maal leng E

cooked sweet potatoes cut and half dried! if done well should be moist and chewy. the No Brand 무농약 반건조 군고구마 (pictured below) is my favorite! cut into thick pieces, very very very moist <3 ah... they only sell this at emart, a popular korean retail.

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these two 고구마 말랭이 products are the most common! even the smallest 711 will have them.

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매일두유 pronounced meh ill doo you (like mail do you)

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they are all soooo yummy omg... i use the 설탕 0% with coffee concentrate to make latte! the 식이섬유 tastes like cereals. its a good mix of savory and sweet. the chocolate one is VERY impressive!!! considering this is grocery product, omg. tastes like legit chocolate! the berry mix is reeeeally yummy too! i usually hate berry flavored things because they are way too sweet and fake, but this one is like legit berry and has just the RIGHT amount of sweetness!

from left to right: 설탕 0% (pronounced sul tang yung percent), 식이섬유 (pronounced sigi sum yoo), 초콜릿 (chocolate), 배리믹스 (berry mix)

keep in mind that not all soy milk in korea are vegan. i’ve seem some that contain milk.

the following are ready made products. keep in mind these are not general items but specific products. other product with same name made by different company may not be vegan.

삼립 팥호빵 pronounce saam lip paat ho bbang

steamed buns with red bean paste inside! these can be microwaved, but make sure to cover otherwise it will be super dry! cover well and microwave 30 sec and you’re good to go. this item is sold in most grocery stores, like emart, lottemart, etc. at room temperature

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햇반 pronounced het baan

instant rice! peel to dotted line and microwave 90sec. the two circular products in the picture is white rice, but in the shelf below is also brown rice, multigrain, black rice, etc... if you’re in korea and a shop sells packaged food, they definitely sell 햇반. sold at room temperature

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this brand also produces several kinds of rice based microwavable meals, and one of them is vegan!

햇반 컵반 고추장 나물 비빔밥 pronounced het baan cup baan goh choo jaang nah mool bee beam bap

rice with spicy sauce, sesame oil, and real veggies! vegetables include 고사리 (pronounced go sah ree, it’s a type of fern), carrots, bean sprouts, mushrooms

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not included in picture is the 햇반. the 햇반 sits on the edge of the bowl/cup, covering the vegetable packet, sauce packet, and spoon. all you need to do is microwave the 햇반 (open till dotted line, microwave 90sec) and then mix with the packet contents! really yummy :D sometimes i buy two, eat one with just the sauce packet, and save the veggie packet for later to double the veggies hehe

this item is sold in all grocery stores and convenience stores at room temperature.

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CJ  밀당의 고수 김말이 pronounced CJ mill daang eu gosu gimal E

CONTAINS OYSTER SAUCE (im one of those vegans who are ok with eating oysters) glass noodles with veg, wrapped in seaweed, battered, and deep fried! found in the frozen food section in most grocery stores. instructions say to fry it in a pan.

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피코크 건 곤드레 밥 pronounced peacock gun gondreh baap

in the frozen food section at a popular korean retail called emart. microwave for four minutes and you have a yummy fried rice with thistle! skip the sauce, it seriously ruins the already so flavorful and suuuuper yummy fried rice. 

photo credit the final product looks exactly like the packaging picture! one package (left) has four servings (1 serving pictured on right)

피코크 건 표고 시래기 밥 pronounced peacock gun pyogo shiregi baap

4 min microwave fried rice (and skip the sauce) in the emart frozen section like the previous product, but has shiitake and different kind of leafy veggie! they’re both really yummy in their own way. im so impressed with these two! when in frozen state the rice grains are all separate from each other, it’s really easy to pour. and when its done in the microwave the rice stick to each other like fresh rice, and have just the right amount of oil! savory, hearty, flavorful, and not too heavy :D so sad this 표고 시래기 one only comes with 3 servings :( 

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피코크 생깻잎무침 pronounced peacock seng kyet nip moo chim

perilla kimchi!!!!! this is a pleasant surprise!!! all kimchi in korea have pickled shrimp but wow!!! this one doesnt?!??! perilla kimchi is really yummy! i am so gonna try this out!! like all peacock products, this is available at emart. it is sold in the refrigerated section.

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피코크 아몬드 고구마 맛탕 pronounced peacock almond goguma matang

cubed sweet potatoes deep friend and coated with rice syrup and almond slivers! 맛탕 in general should be vegan unless they are sweetened with honey, which is unusual and would be mentioned in the dish name. this item can be found in the frozen section of emart. all you need to do is either microwave 30 sec or let it defrost at room temperature for 20 mins.

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피코크 계피호떡 pronounced peacock gye pee ho thuk

fried 떡 filled with cinnamon sugar! one box has four. most 호떡 (chewy 떡 pancake) contain egg. however, this product is not only vegan, but also assembled already! you can find it in the frozen section at emart. however, it is not pre-cooked. you have to cook it yourself with oil and frying pan.

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be careful when you eat it, the inside is melted sugar and it is super super hot and runny! so careful not to burn yourself and careful not to get the syrup on the carpet / clothes / etc.

피코크 호떡 pronounced peacock ho thuk

like the previous item but without cinnamon, and has nuts!

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피코크 팥호떡 pronounced peacock paat ho thuk

like the previous item but not runny, has red bean paste and sesame seeds inside!

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beverages. wherever you go the following will always be vegan (unless it has honey, which is highly unlikely)

수정과 pronounced soo jung gwa

spicy and sweet cinnamon drink, topped with a few pine nuts and slices of dried date

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식혜 pronounced sheek hye

sweet malt drink with soft papery rice grains

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[hisbcnnie-blog]

What are five head canons you have for Sam?

♚ | ooc; ask sammy or the mun some stuff !! 

          five head canons for sam, hmm ??? alright, challenge accepted. 

                     - sometimes, sam will find herself stealing dean’s flannels. this happens most frequently when                        either dean is absent, or on the occasions in which he has died. in his mere absence, where                       he is still very much alive and kicking, she will merely sport them, allowing the memory of his                       form in the articles of clothing to swallow her as well as the fabric. when he has passed away,                       especially in the time he went to hell, sam can be find huddled in a corner sometimes, late at                       night, clutching the flannels to her chest, her nose buried in it to take in the scent of his musk                       as teardrops dampen the fabric. 

                    - sam actually enjoys pie, too - just not to the extent that dean does. it is not until she is pregnant                      that she actually has a prevalent craving for the savory, sweet dessert food. 

                   - as much as sam thoroughly enjoys to read, she very rarely finds herself getting to read any sort                     of fictional novels. mainly, one can find her with her nose buried in lore literature more so than                      anything else. however, she very much wants to get more into fictional literature, as well. 

                  -  sam actually does not mind dean’s music as much as she makes it seem, she just really wishes                     he would update his music collection from cassettes to something more modern, like a flash drive,                     or something of the sort. she also does not care for when he blasts it so loud that she cannot even                     hear herself think. 

                  -   while sam is not much for sports, she thoroughly enjoys the jayhawks and would take any chance                      she can to go to a game. [ this is semi-canon already but meh i’m a lawrence resident so i had to ]

[chineseamericantraveler]

Day 11: May 22 - Naples/Atrani

Well... sleep is becoming somewhat of a foreign thing for Katie and I. As I posted last night (or earlier this morning if you will), I finished blogging around 2:30 AM, but didn't get to sleep until around 3. However, that was short lived when Katie woke me up around 4 AM because she realized she didn't have her purse with her and discovered she had left it in the little courtyard we sat in last night and ate pizza and drank. Luckily, I was able to get back to sleep but Katie couldn't unfortunately and eventually started her morning routine around 8 AM. I woke up when my alarm insisted not to waste the day around 9:30 and was done preening around 10. I ate the last of the pizza and had a cup of coffee with sugar and we checked out around 10:45.

After dropping our bags off, we headed down the street to find the historic Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, aka MANN). We spend about an hour and a half there before we left to explore more of Naples. We navigated our way to Via dei Tribunali, according to a map we received from the hostel's reception. Also according to the reception's map, I went across the street to Caffè Mexico to enjoy a coffee, but once again, realized that I did not speak or read any Italian. Fortunately, the woman at the cash register spoke very little and we were able to figure things out then. She gave me a ticket and I ordered something called a “cioccolatta” which was like a mocha/coffee flavored frothy beverage with cocoa powder, as I didn't really want to get something hot to drink. It was pretty good and I drank it quickly and gave he man who made my drink 10 euro cents, as I saw other people do.

We then went down Via dei Tribunali, a street next to Piazza del Gesu' that was described to us as a very popular street in Napoli. We soon found out that it was, indeed, a popular street, but in the tourist-y sense. Small street vendors selling sunglasses, fidget spinner toys, prints, and Italian books lined the narrow streets, occasionally broken up by a ristorante and a person standing in front trying to pull customers in for lunch.

We stopped only briefly to buy some sweets (see a pattern?). I bought a delicious normal cannoli with a cream filling while Katie bought an interesting layered pastry that was more savory than sweet as it was filled with some sort of cheese. Once we had our fill of walking through the giant tourist trap, I decided to navigate us back to our hostel from the Piazza del Gesu', taking what looked like a short cut but really was a giant hill that neither of us really enjoyed going up under the Italian sun (though there was a very beautiful view of Napoli that captured my attention). When we finally made it to our hostel (around 1:50 or so), I almost frantically gulped down the tap water from the sink, where I refilled my water bottle from Toulouse. I drank at least two bottles and splashed cool water all the way up my elbows before Katie and I sat outside in the courtyard again to cool off. We did not move from those seats almost until 2:30 PM.

When we finally cooled down, we managed to muster enough energy to go to the metro station closest to our hostel and struggled with buying a ticket because we didn't have enough coins for the machine (only bills and the machine did not give back change for some reason). We ended up buying one ticket for me and Katie walked through a gate that was left open for some reason but no police chased us down, even though they had security cameras at the gate.

Once we navigated our way to Stazione di Napoli Centrale, very weary of our bags and of potential pickpockets, we bought tickets to Sorrento, following the advice of the receptionist. However, the hosts of our Airbnb reservation advised we go to Salerno instead and take a bus or ferry across. Realizing our mistake too late, we let the train take us to Sorrento anyway.

While on the train though, I happened to sit next to a Napolian named James. He told me he was 47 and asked my age, told me I had kissable lips, and told me he "wanted to do X with me", according to my phone's offline version of Google Translate. It was a long, slow, and a bit painful conversation that went back and forth using Google, but I told him I had a boyfriend I would stay faithful to, a friend I could not separate from, and that the age difference was indeed a bit of a problem for me. Thankfully, he got the point, was courteous enough to allow me to sit with Katie again once a free spot was available and then kindly said "Ciao" to me on his way off the train.

As we arrived at Sorrento and bought bus tickets to Amalfi for 8 euros each, the ticket seller told us the bus would leave at 5 PM, a bit of a problem considering I told our hosts that we would probably be in Amalfi sometime between 4:30 and 5. With no available wifi, Katie and I sat and hoped that our hosts wouldn't hate us for being so very wrong.

(Picture is of Sorrento as we leave, I think)

When our bus finally arrived, we quickly found seats and a place to store our bags overhead and settled in. We left Sorrento pretty readily, and proceeded to ascend the mountain side through a series of narrow roads and hair pin turns that were both breath taking at times for the views of Sorrento they provided, as well as gut wrenching as the hight and steepness increased the further away we got from Sorrento. At one point in the trip, somewhere around Positano, our bus and another bus went head to head and the other bus had to back up because of the narrowness of the roads. The bus driver would give a thorough honk or two before going around most corners before proceeding with Italian caution (i.e. Taking a corner at a speed that I thought would tip the bus over and send us careening to our deaths). The ride didn't seem hair raising enough to Fate who decided to place about thirty more people (and that's me being stingy on counting) on the bus, after the bus tête-à-tête, who had to stand in the bus aisle and hold on as the bus seemed to hurtle towards Amalfi. During the whole ride, I just hoped that my death, should it come while in Italy, was quick and painless.

When we arrived in Amalfi at last, it was about 6:30 PM and the next bus heading to Salerno (Atrani is on the way) had just left and was at full capacity. The next one would be here in 30-45 minutes and neither of us wanted to wait that long so we decided to walk to Atrani, which was only about a 10 minute walk (but felt a little longer because we were going uphill in sandals with all our stuff on our backs). We were able to find our way to Cristall Pont which was behind a restaurant and up a series of stairs. We met Greg who fortunately spoke English and told us all about the place. We got a simple bunk bed set up but in a private locking room in addition to a shared bathroom and kitchen setup that we shared with two other rooms. We have not met any other residents yet, but I hope to talk to them more.

(Picture of Amalfi as we started walking to Atrani)

For dinner, we decided to go to a fancy Italian place called Le Palme and ordered something called the “Atrani Menu”, a set of dishes at a set price. Greg said we could get a reduced price, but I don’t think we got it because the owner did not understand… :/ Regardless though, the dinner was fabulous and delicious. First, we started out with a Bitter Orange Appertif that was complimentary (I think). Next that came out was a caprese salad (though it was missing some basil leaves and balsamic vinegar, the way my mom makes it at least). Next, was a delicious noodle and zucchini pasta that was definitely one of my favorite dishes of the entire meal. Next, was a eggplant parmesan, and finally, a lemony cake and fruit drizzle that was excellente! Because hindsight is 20/20, I think I would’ve gotten one plate and an appetizer instead of the curated menu though, as well as getting something just for myself since I ended up paying for the 41 euro meal + 3 euro tip (because I didn’t look at the bill closely enough for a service charge. Tipping is a mystery to me in Europe) myself since Katie didn’t really eat much since she was feeling nauseous (also I owed Katie a little money from paying my ticket to the historical museum in Naples). The food was definitely excellent, but we had decided on the meal because we thought we would be splitting it instead of just me eating.

All in all, a pretty ‘meh’ day in comparison to the other days for me. Just a lot of stress about deadlines and money as well as being sleep deprived made the day seem really long and cumbersome. Hopefully, our full day in Amalfi will be better than our sort-of-travel-day today…

[spices-and-herbs]

chickpeas with sausage and spinach

Recipe cost: around $7 (with plenty of sausage left over in the package).

AI watch only 2 of the daily sponsored Snapchat stories: Tastemade and Food Network. Sometimes they have recipe ideas that I have the ability and budget to try making for myself, such as their “Beans and Greens” dish consisting of bacon, chickpeas, and spinach.

Last week at Meijer, I picked up a can of chickpeas, because why not? I hadn’t ever cooked with them before and wanted to try something new. They were on sale. I could probably figure something out to make with them, and after watching the Tastemade snapchat story, I had an idea. As with many things in my life, I googled other ideas in case any were more appealing. There was one very similar recipe that I found which incorporated chickpeas, sausage, kale, and an egg – but I love myself and prefer spinach to kale, so I sort of combined the two recipes and substituted the food I don’t like for things that I do like. Experimenting with recipes is always more fun than following them verbatim, if you ask me.

I recently bought some Italian sausage as well, so I defrosted 2 links of it and cut the casing off. Let me tell you, squeezing the sausage out of the casing was a fun experience. I threw it into my heated pan and let it cook for some time, while simultaneously chopping 3 cloves of garlic (my most favorite addition to any savory food) and rinsing my chickpeas. Once the sausage was almost done, I threw the garlic into the pan and let the flavors flow into one another. Then, I took the sausage and garlic out of the pan and threw in the chickpeas and seasonings: smoked paprika, red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, and garlic salt. Once they were cooked, I put the end of my apartment’s supply of spinach on top (sorry, roommates). As it wilted, I threw in the sausage and garlic and mixed it around with some onion powder and curry powder. Then, I cracked an egg on top, covered the pan for about 9 minutes, and it was done. If I had a cast-iron pan, I would have definitely thrown it in the oven.

Throughout the recipe, since I didn’t use bacon (which usually creates a nice amount of fat), I had to add water every now and then to hydrate the food and give it something in which to simmer. This helped the chickpeas and the egg stay moist, though it did end up a little drier than I had hoped. Unfortunately, I cooked the egg a little too long for my runny preference, and the yolk only was a little runny. My mistake. The meal overall made me feel motivated and satisfied – and I had leftovers! But it wasn’t the greatest..it was still pretty dry, so it needed something to moisten it up a little. It could have used another flavor aspect as well, but I’m not sure what was missing. Maybe more veggies or something would have given it more body, or chicken stock to keep the water and hydration from evaporating. In any case, it was perfectly seasoned after my additions and I enjoyed eating it despite the dryness. All of the ingredients were pretty cheap, too. 

🍴Meh  🍴🍴Needs more than a few additions 🍴🍴🍴It was sufficient 🍴🍴🍴🍴Would make it again 🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴So good I let my roommate try a bite

What would you recommend changing to make this recipe better?

[jd-arts319]

True Kinda love:stages of unconditional love

Chapter 7:a blossoming attraction

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Year 2017…..

(this now where kin & mecha are now close friends….)

It’s been almost a year now since kin & mecha had gone through the process of having their souls Stablize,but also train on how to use each others weapons & abilities,is needles to say their progress of their training helps them,but the last they are supposed to do,is fuse.

Fusion...is a concept kin & mecha had not yet had done but waiting for the right time for it,despite how close they are,they still worry for the fusion,they don't know if it will happen again,They don't want to go back to square one,so they decided to wait & let Themselves be distracted from the topic at hand.

So here they are walking together outside the multi-city,drinking some cold drinks & eating some savory foods,it’s been a year to kin & mecha,they had gotten close & had somewhat stable relationship as friends,or...at least that’s what they thought,when kin & mecha together their friends keep teasing them about being lovebirds,kin couldn’t understand why,he knew he had an unintentional feelings for mecha,a genuine attraction towards him,but is impossible for him & mecha to be together.

As for mecha,is safe to say it could be the same for him,he too had grown feelings for kin,only because he wanted to fix their relationship as friends,but...is hard to,when you grew feelings for that said friend when you try to fix your friendship with them,he decided to keep it to himself since,whether or not he felt the same.

So...it is very unexpected to walking around,joining everything together,&.....holding hands,yeah….fingers intertwined with each other,everytime or sometimes when they are together,it was the reason they teased the two for it,really it was a first time kin to hold hands longer with someone else aside from beats.

“so….how was your day kin?”mecha asked,kin who was staring at the sea,glances at him & blushes,softly response”normal,well aside from the same-old teasing I suppose…”,mecha then commented”you able to talk more now...heh…”,he too blush & gently tighten his hand,kin did the same & lean on him.

Kin breathes & says”yes I suppose I am...is uh first time I did this longer than usual...i-ahem-..yeah”,he keeps his blushed face in his scarf,mecha smiled at this,he really liked kin Seeing him like this,it was cute & he couldn’t resists,it was a cute impression on him.

Mecha just chuckled & put his arm around while kin just pull his hood up to hide his blushing face,mecha laughs at this,it was so cute!,mecha then put his other arm around him,ending kin up in his embrace,mecha grins & kept hugging him,kin swore incoherent swears at him.

Meanwhile….

Not far away from the two,behind the tree was V & firefly with beats,who looked really tired at what they are doing,while V & firefly are grinning at what they are seeing,both looked at each other & nods,beats see this & start to panic.

While kin & mecha are having their time to each other,none of the two seem to notice that they are being followed by V,firefly & beats,both V & firefly are trying to find a way to get this two closer even more,when they saw a bunch of vendors & entertainers around.

Both V & firefly glances at each other & grins slowly,they both know what to do,the two starts doing their plan as beats tries to catch up to them,beats felt this was a little bit absurd,but…..he did want to see mecha & kin got together,he shakes his head & follows suit at the two.

Mecha & kin are having a conversation when all of sudden,someone called out on them,”you two!” Both looked at the disguised of V & firefly,who now rather looked ridiculous,beats hid under the table of the counter,V & firefly had talked to the vendors about it & they somehow let them use it,”yes you two lovely couple!!! Come! Come! You must try out our special drinks for special couples!”,both mecha & kin blushed & they try to explain that they are not couple but the disguised-vendor V said”nonsense!,you two make a great couple & i think my companion here agrees”V said as he turns to firefly who was holding the said drink with a funny grins.

Mecha & kin are now same color as there coat,mecha cleared his throat & said”j-just a s-sip right?” he asked as his voice was stammering a little,kin just hid in his hood, disguised firelfly winked at them as V put the one drink with two straws on each side,both did not looked each other but both kept drinking the special beverages.

Back at them….

Both V & firefly are silently giggling as they both watched the two flushed-soon-to-be-couple,both looked each other & grined,they decided to get the others to help them,so they left the two alone as they go to the other vendors & entertainers,told them what they are planning & while this is happening,beats looked like he doesn't know what to do anymore,when he looked back,he saw both kin & mecha are finished but not looking each other with their face flushed.

Beats just sighed & shakes his head as he follows both V & firefly,hoping this doesn't end in a wrong way.

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Note:I want to change something,so...this story give the same at is but the thing is,this event takes place only in genesis/neoverse,so basically each characters-aside from rune & azure-are counterparts of the original ones,

Neoverse!mecha,kin,firefly,V,& beats @meh

Kin@bun-bunmuse

Mecha@wolf-wrathknight

Beats@phaunicier

V@hammie-heart

Neoverse @meh